Browser security changes after 11.0.768.000 upgrade?

I've just upgraded my ZoneAlarm Antivirus Pro from 11.0.000.504 to 11.0.768.000. I installed the new version without uninstalling the old one first and it offered to do an upgrade. I also chose to install the toolbar which I didn't have installed before as the release notes said it had been improved and I wanted to try it out.

The install seemed to work fine, but I'm concerned that the web security is no longer working. When I download a file from a web page, the ZoneAlarm downloader doesn't pop up like it used to, and the browser's normal downloader is used instead. there doesn't seem to be a browser security add-on in my browser any more, just "ZoneAlarm Security Toolbar" and "Zonealarm Helper Object". All this is true in both Internet Explorer 10 and Firefox 22. The only thing showing as active in the internet tab of ZoneAlarm itself is "Privacy Toolbar" and browser security has disappeared from the Help/About window.

Also, I still don't like the toolbar much. Is the toolbar necessary now or can I safely disable it? There doesn't seem to be an option to uninstall it seperately in control panel - can it be removed completely?

Re: Browser security not working after 11.0.768.000 upgrade?

Thanks again. Please forgive my confusion.

In the previous version, the web security component worked without the toolbar. Is the toolbar now necessary in order for web security to function? I hope not as I find it ugly with all it's third-party icons.

Even when I did have the toolbar installed (in this new version) there seemed to be no browser security component like there was with the previous version. Should there be?

If you are running 11.0.768.000 with or without the toolbar, do you see a "ZoneAlarm Browser Security" entry in the help/about menu? Does ZoneAlarm Advanced Download Protection still work? These are both missing in mine now, even when the toolbar is installed and running.

I intend to ask these question in a support chat, but they are closed at the moment. For now I'm just trying to compare my system with somebody else running the same version.

Last edited by Ant2012; July 14th, 2013 at 07:59 AM.
Reason: Clarification

Re: Browser security not working after 11.0.768.000 upgrade?

Hello,

To answer your question, yes you will not see a web security module version number anymore.

We have taken out all the old browser security/privacy code we called 'Forcefield' and replaced it with new technology that has much less issues and also makes the client lighter (less PC resources and the download size is reduced)

We no longer call it Browser security, just Privacy toolbar within the software.

As with the previous version you were required to install the toobar to get all the browser protections so nothing has changed there.

Advanced download protection has been improved and integrated into our new AV engine. You will no longer see the additional pop-up messages as in previous versions. It all happens in the background just as long as you leave On-Access protection turned on in AV.

The toolbar has been redesigned to be more visually pleasing.

You still get Site check in the toolbar (Anti-phishing)

New added is Web Scan (Malicious website scanner) This is part of the new AV engine and is on by default.